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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tablet 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This person is created to keep Gilgamesh occupied.
(a) Enkidu
(b) Allah
(c) Gilganu
(d) Anuk

2. What is stilled into silence when the men behold the forest?
(a) The wind
(b) Humbaba's words
(c) Their voices
(d) The sound of the gods

3. Who interprets Gilgamesh's dreams?
(a) Humbaba
(b) The shepherds
(c) Enkidu
(d) Shamash

4. What does Gilgamesh do before Shamash each time they stop?
(a) Digs a well
(b) Kneels to pray five times
(c) Offers a sacrifice
(d) Drinks wine

5. What is a recension?
(a) A time of economic depression
(b) A revision of a text
(c) A period of extreme famine
(d) A time when water recedes after a flood

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a talent?

2. How many dreams does Gilgamesh have on the journey to the forest?

3. What does Humbaba do to make Gilgamesh afraid?

4. What does Enkidu do with the animals he finds in the woods?

5. Gilgamesh is ____________, while Enkidu is _____________.

(see the answer key)

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